At the beginning of last week, on March 18, both HarperCollins and Open Road filed motions for summary judgment in the case questioning whether Harper controls the right to publish an ebook edition of Jean Craighead George’s JULIE OF THE WOLVES. The two sides agree on one, and only one, point: that the original contract is unambiguous, and judgment in their favor should be granted without further argument. And this is why electronic rights to older books are more generally classified as “in dispute.” Both sides present experts to help interpret the 1971 agreement and the state of electronic rights […]
